Chaozhou

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Chaozhou

Total population

2,568,387

Coordinates23.66°, 116.62°

Demographic figures from National Bureau of Statistics of China. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Chaozhou, alternatively Chiuchow, Chaochow or Teochew, is a prefecture-level city in the Teoswa region of east Guangdong, China. It borders Shantou to the south, Jieyang to the southwest, Meizhou to the northwest, the province of Fujian to the east, and the South China Sea to the southeast. It is administered as a prefecture-level city with a jurisdiction area of 3,110 km2 (1,200 sq mi) and a total population of 2,568,387. It is also the ancestral hometown of 2.7 million overseas Teochow people.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Chan Wing Chun

actor

Zhang Yanquan

Chinese diver

Ching Cheong

Hong Kong journalist

Chim Pui-chung

Hong Kong politician

Lin Yue

Chinese diver

Elaine Ng

Hong Kong artist

Ivana Wong

Hong Kong singer and actress

Chrissie Chau

Hong Kong actress and model (born 1985)

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Lu Ruihua

Chinese politician

Ma Huateng

Chinese internet entrepreneur (1971-)

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Li Yanmei

Chinese triple jumper

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Carol Yinghua Lu

Art critic and curator

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Chen Zuyi

Chinese pirate

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Cui Qiuxia

Olympic field hockey Player

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Law Lok Lam

Hong Kong actor

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He Meitian

Chinese actress and gymnast

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Guangdong

• Yixi
  3.3 mi away
• Denggang
  10.4 mi away
• Shanghua
  11 mi away
• Chao'an
  13.6 mi away
• Jiedong
  14.8 mi away
• Didu
  14.9 mi away
• Jieyang
  17.5 mi away · pop. 5,877,025
• Guanbu
  18 mi away
• Shantou
  21.1 mi away · pop. 5,389,328
• Raoping
  24 mi away · pop. 192,600
• Guangtai
  25.3 mi away
• Gurao
  25.4 mi away

Browse all places in Guangdong →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Chaozhou

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Scarlet Minivet

Pericrocotus speciosus

Seen 2026-09-23

Maritime Striped Squirrel

Tamiops maritimus

Seen 2026-09-23

Red-whiskered Bulbul

Pycnonotus jocosus

Seen 2026-09-23

Common Tailorbird

Orthotomus sutorius

Seen 2026-09-23

Speckled Piculet

Picumnus innominatus

Seen 2026-09-23

Fork-tailed Sunbird

Aethopyga christinae

Seen 2026-09-23

Black-collared Starling

Gracupica nigricollis

Seen 2026-09-23

Light-vented Bulbul

Pycnonotus sinensis

Seen 2026-09-23

Oriental Magpie-Robin

Copsychus saularis

Seen 2026-09-23

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).